Davenport.



E. C. FISHER.

DAVENPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 26, 1911.

Patented June 10, 1913.

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EDWARD C. FISHER, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

DAVENPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1%,1913.

Application filed December 26, 1911. Serial No. 667,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. FIsr-rnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoln, county of Logan, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Davenports, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to davenports and particularly to foldingdavenp-orts adapted when in one position to be used as a bed or couch.

The object of my invention is to provide a folding davenport asmentioned which shall be positivel locked in the position when used as acavenport by any weight upon the seat port-ion.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as mentionedwhich may be readily changed from one position to another, that is, froma davenport to av couch or vice versa.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

lVit-h these objects in view my invention consists generally in astationary frame portion and a pair of hingedly connected portionsconnected to the stationary frame by arms or links whereby one of saidportions shall constitute the seat and the other the back when used as adavenport and the parts extended when desired to form a couch, and meanson the seat portion adapted to engage the stationary frame andpositively lock the parts against movement when there is weight upon theseat.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andarrangements of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in whichFigure 1 is an end elevation of a davenport embodying my invention, aportion thereof being broken away and shown in section, and Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the device showing the parts in the position whenused as a couch.

Referring now to the drawings, the stationary or main frame of thedevice comprises the end frames 11 connected by longitudinal framemembers 2-2. The end frames may be either of wood or metal and of anydesired construction. As shown in the drawings they are formed of thebent metal tube such as is commonly used in devices of this characterand the members 2 are fiat bars riveted or otherwise secured to themembers 1.

3 indicates a horizontal bar connecting the leg portions of each frame1.

The body of the device comprises two hingedly connected portions 1 and 5which constitute the seat and back respectively of the device when usedas a davenport. The portions 4 and 5 are similar and each consists of apair of end members 6 rigidly connected by a pair of longitudinallyextending rods or bars 7. The end members 6 are preferably angle ironsand the springs, which are not shown but which may be of any ordinary orpreferred construction, are secured to the horizontal flanges 8 thereof.The inwardly extending flanges 8 are hingedly connected as indicated at9. The members or bars 7 are arranged adjacent the ends of the members 6and are arched downwardly below the lower edges of the end members 6,and are spaced apart, on the seat portion particularly, so as to fitsnugly between the longitudinal members 2 of the main frame, with thelower edges of the projecting ends 10 of the seat portion resting on theupper edges of the members 2.

11 indicates a link or arm hingedly connected to the frame member 3 andto the adjacentmember 6 of the seat frame, and 12 a link or arm hingedlyconnected at substantially the center of the upper portion of the endmembers 1 and to the end members of the back portion. The links 12 arecurved downwardly as indicated in order to project a. minimum distanceabove the ends 1 when the back is raised. The link 11 is connectedadjacent the center of the members 3 and toward the rear of the members6 so that in swinging forwardly it will tend to lift the seat 4.

To extend the device for use as a couch it is but necessary to raise theforward edge of the seat and pull the same forwardly. The portion 4 willrest upon the front member 2 and the portion 5 will rest upon the rearmember 2. To raise the back it is but necessary to push rearwardly uponthe seat portion, the links 12 raising the back and the links 11 raisingthe seat sufficiently to permit the front member 7 to be readily passedover the member 2 after which the device will drop of it own weight soas to lock the bars 7 between the members 2.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, a main frame comprising end membersand a pair of longitudinal members connecting the same, a seat portioncomprising end members and a pair of bars connecting said end members,said bars being arched below the lower edges of said end members andadapted to fit between the longitudinal members of the main frame, andengage the inner faces of the same simultaneously when the seat endmembers are resting on said longitudinal frame members a backhinged 1 Intestimony whereof I have signed my 20 name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD G. FISHER. Vitnesses:

E. G. KING, J. E. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

